Wenger weighs in with £9m Paulinho bid and Arsenal boss also wants Holtby

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is not finished in the transfer market after making a £9million offer for Corinthians star Paulinho and showing interest in Schalke's Lewis Holtby.

Wenger has already signed Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski this summer but the Gunners boss could be about to lose Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie.

Target: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to sign Paulinho

The pair have one year left on their
contracts and Van Persie has said he will not be signing a new deal
while Walcott has been linked with Liverpool and Chelsea.

Wenger faces a fight to land Paulinho
with Corinthians chairman Mario Gobbi insisting the attacking
midfielder, who has three years left on his contract, will not be sold.

Holtby, however, has just a year left
to run at the Bundelsiga club and although he insists he is happy where
he is, the 21-year-old has claimed in the past he would welcome a move
to the Premier League.

Holtby, whose father is English, has two caps for Germany.

On the radar: Lewis Holtby (right) has been catching Arsene Wenger's eye